The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Twin Cities Area
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown